People

Craig Gibson

Craig Gibson, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Chair, Department of Classics
Professor
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Craig A. Gibson is professor of Classics, and has been with the department since 1999. He teaches courses in Latin and Greek literature at all levels. His main areas of expertise are Greek and Roman oratory, rhetoric, and prose fiction.
Lindsay Vella

Lindsay Vella, M.F.A.

Title/Position
Departmental Administrator
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Lindsay Vella is the Departmental Administrator for Classics, African American Studies, the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, and the Magid Center for Writing. She has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa.
 

Anna Banowsky

Title/Position
Graduate Student
 

Life Blumberg, M.A.

Title/Position
Adjunct Instructor
Robert Cargill

Robert Cargill, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
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Robert Cargill joined the University of Iowa faculty in 2011. His research focuses on Second Temple Jewish literature and archaeology from the Persian period to the rise of early Christianity.
 

Amber Conger

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Mary Depew

Mary Depew, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Associate Professor Emerita
Mary Depew is an associate professor emerita in the Department of Classics, having taught at the University of Iowa from 1990 to 2015. Her research interests include Hellenistic poetry, Greek poetry, and Greek religion.
Helena Dettmer

Helena Dettmer, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor Emerita
Helena Dettmer is a professor emerita of Classics and was a faculty member at The University of Iowa from 1976 to 2021. She received a B.A. from Indiana University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her areas of interest are Latin poetry and poetry books.
Paul Dilley

Paul Dilley, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Phone
Paul Dilley is an Associate Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions in the departments of Classics and Religious Studies. He specializes in the religions of Late Antiquity, particularly early Christianity, with an approach that integrates cultural history, philology, and the digital humanities.
John Finamore

John Finamore, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
Phone
John Finamore is a professor emeritus of Classics at The University of Iowa, where he taught from 1983 to 2022. He was chair from 2002-2007 and 2012-2018. He teaches courses in Greek and Roman Philosophy, Word Power, Greek, and Latin.
Tyler Fyotek

Tyler Fyotek, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Tyler Fyotek earned his Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Iowa in 2017. His dissertation, advised by Professor Paul Dilley, is titled, "Deathics: Homeric Ethics as Thanatology."
 

Shawn Geison

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Peter Green

Peter Green, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Adjunct Professor
Peter Green, Dougherty Centennial Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. His main classical interests are in Greek history and literature (Hellenistic in particular), and Roman elegy and satire.
 

Charlotte Hilker

Title/Position
Graduate Student
 

Donald Jackson, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
During Professor Jackson's 28 years at Iowa, he periodically taught a graduate seminar in Greek paleography and oversaw publication of five of his students' seminar papers. He also supervised five doctoral dissertations on Greek paleographical topics.
 

Jordan Jones

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Colleen Kelley

Colleen Kelley

Title/Position
Senior Academic Advisor
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Colleen is the Senior Academic Advisor for the Departments of Classics, History, Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Ethics & Public Policy. For Classics, she is the primary advisor for all Ancient Civilization and Classical Languages majors.
Ed Keogh

Ed Keogh

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Ed Keogh started the Ph.D. in Classics program in the Fall of 2015. He taught in the Rhetoric department for two years, worked as an editorial assistant for Syllecta Classica, and is currently a teaching assistant in Classics.
Robert Ketterer

Robert C. Ketterer, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Professor Emeritus
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Robert Ketterer is a professor emeritus of Classics and taught at Iowa from 1988 to 2022. His research interest is in Greek and Roman drama, and its reception in the classical tradition, with a special focus on 17th- and 18th-century Italian opera.
Kellie Kucera

Kellie Kucera

Title/Position
HR Generalist
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Joshua Langseth

Josh Langseth, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Joshua Langseth received his doctorate from the University of Iowa in 2013. His research interests include ancient philosophy, ancient Greek religion, ancient Roman religion, and archaic Greek poetry.
Marcia Lindgren

Marcia H. Lindgren, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Director of the Latin Program
Associate Professor of Instruction
Phone
Marcia Harvey Lindgren received a bachelor’s degree in education from Southern Connecticut State University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in classics from The University of Iowa. She served for ten years as an assistant to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at The University of Iowa.
Peter Miller

Peter Miller, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Peter Miller is a Ph.D. candidate in Classics. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Iowa in 2022. His primary research interest is monastic communities in the Syriac tradition during the decline of Roman control of Syria and the rise of Islam.
Rosemary Moore

Rosemary Moore, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Distinguished Associate Professor of Instruction
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Rosemary Moore holds a joint appointment as a lecturer of Classics and History, and joined the faculty in 2003. She teaches courses in ancient Greece, Greek history, and Hellenistic Greece and Rome, among others.
Laura Moser

Laura Moser

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Laura is a teaching assistant in the Department of Classics and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies. She holds a B.A. in Classics from Reed College, and an M.F.A. in Literary Translation and an M.A. in Classics from the University of Iowa.
Michael Overholt

Michael Overholt, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Michael Overholt earned his Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Iowa in 2016. His dissertation, advised by Professor John Finamore, is titled, "The Practice of ἌΣΚΗΣΙΣ in Galen’s Avoiding Distress."
Tyson Paskett

Tyson Paskett

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Tyson is a third-year graduate student and teaching assistant in Classics. He earned his B.A. in History and Classics from the University of Utah. He is interested in historiography and the historical method in the ancient world.
Luke Perez

Luke Perez

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Luke Perez earned their B.A. at Saint Mary’s College of California with majors in Classics and Integral Liberal Arts. They are a Ph.D. candidate in Classics at the University of Iowa.
Jonathan Reeder

Jonathan Reeder, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
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Jonathan Reeder is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Classics. He teaches courses in ancient medicine and a variety of others concerning the ancient world. His research centers on the interface between medicine and philosophy in Greek and Latin literature.
Adrienne Rose

Adrienne K. Ho Rose, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Lecturer
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Adrienne K. Ho Rose is a lecturer in Classics and Translation. She is an interdisciplinary scholar, translator, and writer.